I was turned off by this but really good story

turned *off* i was turned ON like a light switch

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that's going to wake the castle

Rising from your hand-made cushion,

All things considered, I doubt she would have him make his own cushion... And I dont believe the minotaurs made it.

"YEEESSSS! BREED US, LOVER! BREED US!"

Suddenly she begins to speak in the royal canterlot voice

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*Slow clap*

Alright, as a non-reviewing note, I really enjoyed chapter 3's opening. The griffin/gryphon's part, as well as Celestia's own use of her harem just strikes me as fun and enticing. With the earlier way she described Manon as being paraded around, this is a solid reason for actually doing so.

Celestia's possessiveness is a fun note too: usage and cunning in making suggestions she has no plans to keep. This version of Celestia is fairly tyrannical in that regard. Return of the 'Kiss-kiss' sort of thing is a peculiarity. I still like it as a verbal command, less as a descriptor as I've seen the actual descriptions are detailed and that isn't.

The caretakers are an interesting part of this that I like as a concept but I feel are semi incomplete. Celestia wanted the test to see if they can get pregnant, hence the single night with the 'beast' then the chastity belts that seem impervious to stallions but not Manon if he wanted. So it really acts as the control in Celestia's biology experiment. She really does exhibit a lot of that manipulative behaviour here too, I like it.

I am finding a pinch of irony or oddity that Manon's so physically focused on himself, yet the oils and being paraded around seems to be such an irritation. I'm not sure sure if the effect is so much contradictory in a sense as it appears that he feels the noose sliding more tightly around his neck too. Not to mention the expressly literal leash in the next few sentences which just reinforces the later. It feels less like it's 'about' the leash, but more than he's succumbing to her controls as well, or finally feeling them as a constraint. So it's starting to feel like a real battle of wills rather than a one-sided conversion/corruption. Even just the lack of quotation mark around Owner really tells the same tale. Manon is really starting to take to the whole owner-pet dynamic to the point he tuned out a conversation between the celestials which would probably yield some pretty good information.

“Rising from your hand-made cushion”

Tres bien monsieur, I saw that one

I'll admit I like the Royal Canterlot voice coming back. It's not all gone, and yes, I can't think of it as anything but that.

Given the phrase 'would-be impregnation', the fact they've done this before, it seems like the pregnancy thing was unfounded but I wish it was clarified a little more as a timeline. My initial guess is simply 'no' of course. Otherwise I'd chalk another point up to Manon's clever usage of his own prowess and Celestia's voyage clouding her judgement. However, her final line's usage of the word 'lover' really is a surprise. I might have to add another to the Manon tally anyway.

Feels semi anti-climactic that the pregnancy wasn't an issue but now I'm wondering what the actual plan is . Aside from the apprehension, I think chapter 3 is my favorite so far. The focus on the social aspects and reactions of others makes it very distinct from chapters 1 and 2 and that's a dynamic that I enjoy seeing explored through the caretakers.

pretty good

dick status: muh

It's a foal's foreleg holding an apple."

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Ain't this some hot shit, pity it's deader than death